Czech occupational therapists' perspective on dark side occupations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064165%3A_____%2F25%3A10506348" target="_blank" >RIV/00064165:_____/25:10506348 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21460/25:00384180 RIV/00216208:11110/25:10506348 RIV/00216208:11130/25:10506348
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CH4Y2O8LYU" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CH4Y2O8LYU</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2025.052" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2025.052</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Czech occupational therapists' perspective on dark side occupations
Original language description
Background: Occupational therapists (OTs) mainly focus on productive and positive occupations leading to good health. Not all activities are healthy and productive, but can provide a sense of well-being when their meaning and significance (relaxation, celebrations, entertainment) are important for the client. Dark side occupations (those socially disapproved, legally questionable, or potentially harmful to health) include e.g., drinking alcohol, smoking, using addictive substances or excessive use of social networks. Aim: To explore the use of dark side occupations in the practice of Czech occupational therapists. Methods: A web-based questionnaire with 15 questions was distributed through emails and social media to Czech OTs. Applying the snowball method, 86 fully completed questionnaires were collected and analysed by descriptive statistics. Results: The survey showed that most therapists have topics they don't want to bring up in treatment, such as sex (64%), overusing medications, or using addictive substances (44.2%). Only 15.1% are open to all topics, while 23.3% never address dark side occupations as a target for therapy, 66.3% occasionally, 6% often, and 5% routinely. Conclusion: This survey shows that dark side occupations are an important but ethically sensitive topic. Most Czech OTs have difficulty talking with their clients about dark side activities or choose such topics for the goal of their clients' therapy. Therapists need to understand dark side occupations and accept that their clients perform them.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Kontakt
ISSN
1212-4117
e-ISSN
1804-7122
Volume of the periodical
27
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
378-383
UT code for WoS article
001641870600014
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105026819698